The Mendel Project started as a material exploration. Liquid metal offers possibilities to play with textures and complex volumes. The project pays tribute to Mendel; the idea was to petrify a microscopic organic pattern into a magnified solid artefact. View the project>

The European Product Design Award—an event dedicated to elevating the art of Product Design—has announced the winners of its 2018 Design Competition. The 2018 EPDA Design Competition received outstanding entries from over 60 countries around the world, representing the best and most innovative product designs, rewarding the strategic thinking and imagination that goes into making a great product.

Inspired by Gregor Mendel who discovered interesting traits of inheritance while potting pea plants at the beginning the 19th century, The Mendel Project: Orchid Series is a line of contemporary furniture consisting of a cabinet and an art piece inspired by the natural and complex forms of an orchid stem cell. Designer François Hurtaud aimed at solidifying a hand-finished microscopic section of the plant cell with bronze. “This organic texture has been made possible by a judicious combination of both high precision of computer numerical control (CNC) machining and the unique expertise of skilled artisans,” explains Hurtaud. Over a year of research and development has finally made this pattern into a reality - now a structurally balanced yet naturally organic pieces of art.

Liquid metal is an exceptional material that allows visual and texture volumes with high complexity.

says the designer. “This collaboration was an opportunity to showcase more than two decades of our metal finishing know-how” says Eric Chan, General Manager of AJING. “Sand blasting reveals the physical dimension of the intricate cells. The medium is then coated with several layers of bronze and undergo multiple surface treatments from undercoating, metal coating, aging to top coating.” A polished finishing brings light to an elaborate metallic coating. The Mendel Project debuts with the Orchid Series, produced at a limited edition of ten artefacts.

We are proud to celebrate with you today that MYKU has been awarded the Golden A’ Design Award for our ELEMENTAL CLASSIC SERIES TIMEPIECES.

Out of more than 35,000 project submissions, less than 2000 made it into the final round and won in over 100 categories. MYKU’s design has attracted the attention of the grand jury consisting of 173 judges including influential press members, established designers, leading academics and prominent entrepreneurs worldwide.

MYKU’s design unites the individual characters of natural stones with the Swiss precision of watch-making, encapsulated in stainless steel. We are grateful for the recognition of our work and will continue to strive for perfection in our designs, product and quality in the future.

You can check out the awarded designs in Como, Italy, from 6th June (Tuesday), 2017 to 26th June (Monday), 2017.

We are excited to announce #MYKU has won the First Prize in Accessory for the IDA awards 2015 held in Los Angeles.

IDA honorary juries examined over 1000 entries submitted by architects and designers of interiors, fashion, products, and graphics from 52 countries throughout the world. After final decisions had been made, the jury rewarded the best professional and emerging designers for their achievements in terms of design, creativity, usability and innovation. Judging was a rigorous process, with winners receiving publication of their work in the International Design Awards Book of Designs. The coveted IDA Trophy will be awarded to allDesigner of the Year title winners at the official biennial International Design Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles.

A handful of designers, thinkers and entrepreneurs created the International Design Awards in 2007 as a response to the lack of recognition and celebration for smart and sustainable multidisciplinary design. The International Design Awards (IDA) exists to recognize, celebrate and promote legendary design visionaries and to uncover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic, and Fashion Design. IDA aspires to draw attention to the iconoclasm IDA promote your winnings of design world wide, conceptualizing and producing great work.